Tire-reliner.



0. G. HOWARD & E. G. KINNEY.

Patented Feb. 9, 1915.

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APPLICATION FILED JAN. 20 1914.

Patented Feb. 9, 1915;

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luff lbw wi bvwooeo orrs s res intent v v CLAUDE G. HOWARD AND EDWARD GLKIN'NEY, 0 RICE LAKE, WISCONfiIN.

TIBE-REBINER.

Specification ofletters Patent.

Patented Feb. 9, i915.

Application filed January 20, 1914. Serial No. 813,284.

P To all whom it may concern:

and EDWARD G. Krnnnr, citizens of the United States, residing at Rice Lake, in the county of Barron and State of Wisconsin,

have invented new and useful Improvements in Tire-Reliners, of Which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to reliners for. pneuand other wires 6 extending transversely of matic tires, the broad object of the inven tion being to produce a simple, cheap and 'reliable device of the character referred to which may be applied to the outer case or 'shoe of any pneumatic tire and which Wlll cups.

of-the reliner. Rig. 6 is an enlarged frag- Be it known that we, CLAUDE G. HOWARD o mentary section illustrating the vacuum The-"tension sheet of the reliner of this invention is illustrated, in plan view or -spread out condition in Fig. 3 wherein it will be observed that the central or tread portion of the tension sheet is composed of form a thorough-support and reinforcement therefor and prevent punctures, blow outs and many other troubles to which tires of this class are subject.

A more specific object of the present invention is to produce a reliner embodying a tensionsheet of novel and effective con-- struction whereby the side portions or walls of the tire retain their resiliency and fleXibility, while at the same time the tread pore tion as well as the side wallsof the tire are thoroughly supported and sustained under an excessive internal pressure even as high as one hundred and fifty pounds to the- I square inch.

A further object of the invention is to so 5 construct and combine a tension sheet and acovering sheet of rubber applied i30' S3 .1d tension sheet, as to produce a multipllcity of vacuum cups which Will obtain a hold on the inner surface of the outer case or shoe and therebyprevent any possibility of the reliner creeping longitudinally of the "outer case.

-' With the above and other objects in view,

the invention consists in the'novel construe ing the overlapped arrangement of the ends wires (1 extending longitudinally of the tire the tire, said wires crossing each other? in perpendicular relation and being dip-soldered or otherwise firmly connected: to

gether at their points of crossing or intersection. This renders the tread portion. of the tension sheet non-extensible or nonstretchable both longitudinally and transversely and the meshes are large, there being about ten wires to the in'ch so as to produce wvacuumeu'p forming spaces or-meshes between the wires as Wlll hereinafter appear.

positely extending crimps or bends d, the bonds. or crimps of-one wirebeing. interwoven with the corresponding portions. of

thew-ireslying at opposite sides thereof.

This-provides forthe necessary flexibility of ;the side portions of the tension sheet to-ac commodate the bending of the side .walls of the outer case or shoe of a pneumatic tire without injuring the tension sheet and with-- out impairing the pressure sustaining quality thereof. In the preferred embodiment of the invention thewires are so bent and interwoven as to produce the practical equivalent of hinge joints occurring about every one-fourth of an inch and in parallel planes throughout the entire area of theside portions of the tension sheet.

The tension sheet is of a width fully equal to the width of the outer case or shoe and therefore entirely covers or lines the inner- I sion sheet. The sheet C is rubberized or,

' which the general reference character A has been applied, we employ an outer vacuum sheet B and an inner protective sheet C.

' The vacuum cup sheet B consists of a sheet ofsoftrubber about one-eighth ofan inch 1n thickness and of the same'length and width as the tension sheet above described This vacuum cup sheet is applied to that side of the tension sheet which comes next to the inner surface of the outer case or shoe of the tire, and the vacuum cups 7) formed by-the unsupported portions of the sheet B obtain a grip on said outer case.

The inner sheet C consists of textile fabric such as canvas of a suihciently heavy character, said sheet being of the same size as the other sheets'A and B and being cut on the bias, that is to say, with-the threads running obliquely or diagonally of thesheet, the object of. which is to allow for the necessary stretching of said inner sheet. The

inner sheet 'is made considerably wider than the other two sheets A and B, a one inch flap being left along .one edge so as to enable it to be folded over the edge of the sheets A and B. At the opposite side a relatively wide flap, four inches more or less, is left extending .beyond the corresponding marginal edges of the sheets A and B, said flap designated at 6 being designed to lay against the rim so as to prevent the inner tube from chafing against the rim. At the point f'the-textilexsheet C is folded over the edges of the sheets A and B to cover said edges and particularly the edge of the ten.-

in other words, has a thin coating-of liquid rubber applied to the face thereof which lies next to the tension sheet A. After the sheets A, B and C have been combined in the manner hereinabove described, the two ends of I the composite structure are then brought together in overlapping relation as shown in Fig. and the whole is then vulcanized forming a single reliner unit. The overlap indicated at 9 forms a reinforce through which the hole is formed for the ordinary inflating valve tube.

It will be understood from the foregoing description that the reliner hereinabovedescribed is designed to be inserted within the outer case or shoe of a tire or between said outer case and the inner tube. When constructed in the manner above referred to, said reliner will practically prevent many of the blow outs and punctures now so common and said reliner is particularly adapted to old outer cases or shoes which at the present time are necessarily thrown away and abandoned; A reliner of the character above describedyapplied to. the average discarded outer shoe will render said shoe useful for several thousand additional miles as the particular formation of the tension sheet provides for the non-stretching of the tread portion thereof and at the same time for the fiexure of the side portions which support the side walls of the outer case. The strain is thus distributed throughout the entire reliner with'out any interference with the flexibility thereof. The reliner may, of

course, b'e-changed' from one casing to an driven on a flat tire for a .very considerable distance without. injuring or in the least impairing the efliciency of the reliner. The reliner is also of less weight than those now in common use and composed of multiple layers of rubberized fabric.

What we claim is 1. A reliner for pneumatic tires embody- .ing an inclosed'tension sheet of meshed wire fabric in the tread portion of which the wires run longit'iidinally and transversely of the tire and are united at the crossing points, and in the side portions of which the wires runv longitudinally of the tire and are of serpentine shape and interwoven with each other to admit of flexure along parallel 1on gitudinal lines, and other sheets covering the opposite faces of said tension sheet, the whole being vulcanized into a reliner unit. 2. A reliner for pneumatic tires embodying an inclosed tension sheet of meshed wire fabric in the tread portion of which the wires run longitudinally and transversely of the tire and are united at the crossing points,

gage the outer case of the tire, the whole be ing vulcanized into a reliner unit.

3. A reliner for pneumatic tires embodying an inclosed tension sheet of meshed Wire fabric in the tread portion of which the wires run longitudinally and transversely of the tire and are united at the crossing points,

and in the side portions of which the wires run longitudinally of the tire and are of serpentine shape and interwoven with each other to admit of flexure along parallel 1ongitudinal lines, and other sheets covering the opposite faces of said tension sheet, one of said other sheets consisting of soft rubber having depressions at the meshes of the tread wires which form vacuum cups to engage the outer case of the tire, the remain- In testimony whereof we aflix our signaing sheet consisting of textile fabric cut on tures in pr sence of-two witnesses. the bias and extending laterally beyond one CLAUDE G. HOWARD. marginal edge of the tension and vacuum EDWARD G. KINNEY. cup sheets to form a protecting flap for the Wvitnesses: t

inner tube, the Whole being Vulcanized into a M. O. BRADY refiner unit. G. A. STARK.

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